DrJack's BLIPSPOT for: TUE 08/04 Hampshire_IL 889ft pt37818@42.147,-88.420,844ft BLIPSPOT sfc.temp. adjusted by +0.1 degF SPONSORED BY: ChicagoLand Glider Council RUC - Last Analysis,Validation Time = 12Z 0Z ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time - - - - - - 0700z - - 1002z - - 1334z Update Time FCST PERIOD - - - - - - 12 hr - - 12 hr - - 12 hr FCST PERIOD Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.5 - - 83.0 - - 79.2 Temp@2m Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 83 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4796 - - 4739 - - 49 BL Depth Hcrit - - - - - - 3918 - - 3515 - - 922 Hcrit BL Top - - - - - - 5685 - - 5628 - - 938 BL Top Hgt.Variab. - - - - - - 1171 - - 1228 - - 5359 Hgt.Variab. W* - - - - - - 390 - - 324 - - 26 W* B/S - - - - - - 6 - - 6 - - 1 B/S BL Wind - - - - - - 11 - - 9 - - 5 BL Wind Direction - - - - - - 214 - - 216 - - 175 Direction Wind Shear - - - - - - 4 - - 4 - - 0 Wind Shear Max.Converg - - - - - - 1 - - -4 - - 0 Max.Converg CLOUDpotent - - - - - - 1504 - - -12 - - -2576 CLOUDpotentl sfcLCL - - - - - - 4182 - - 5640 - - 3514 sfcLCL ODpotential - - - - - - -340 - - -6545 - - -3904 ODpotential blCL - - - - - - 6025 - - 12173 - - 4842 blCL maxRH - - - - - - 79 - - 71 - - 72 maxRH CAPE - - - - - - 130 - - 0 - - 480 CAPE Temp@2m - - - - - - 80.5 - - 83.0 - - 79.2 Temp@2m DewPt@2m - - - - - - 65.2 - - 61.4 - - 66.8 DewPt@2m Temp@Bot - - - - - - 79.6 - - 82.5 - - 80.6 Temp@Bot DewPt@Bot - - - - - - 64.0 - - 60.1 - - 65.9 DewPt@bot Sfc.Heating - - - - - - 160 - - 83 - - -20 Sfc.Heating BL Depth - - - - - - 4796 - - 4739 - - 49 BL Depth EXPERIMENT - - - - - - 15 - - 0 - - 0 EXPERIMENT EXPERIMENT2 - - - - - - 11 - - 10 - - 14 EXPERIMENT2 PROFILES OF WIND SPEED [kt] AND DIRECTION [degTrue] ----------------------------------- VALIDATION TIME --------------------------------------- Height 12Z 13Z 14Z 15Z 16Z 17Z 18Z 19Z 20Z 21Z 22Z 23Z 0Z [ft] ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [ft] 99638 33 091 27 111 19 081 99638 92141 30 092 21 092 23 083 92141 86343 27 085 23 091 19 081 86343 81524 20 079 26 083 14 088 81524 77383 16 087 21 085 14 096 77383 73720 15 099 14 095 13 094 73720 70403 11 089 10 096 11 100 70403 67358 12 117 6 106 10 087 67358 64536 9 138 7 172 2 340 64536 61818 7 181 14 209 10 256 61818 58999 5 229 14 211 15 237 58999 56093 16 262 16 241 16 220 56093 53340 25 250 26 251 24 242 53340 50881 27 239 33 243 32 246 50881 48689 29 239 34 248 34 255 48689 46703 29 246 33 253 33 258 46703 44873 29 250 31 254 32 257 44873 43166 28 253 31 250 33 260 43166 41567 30 251 33 250 36 256 41567 40069 29 241 35 243 38 243 40069 38658 27 249 27 237 35 241 38658 37294 30 270 30 258 37 255 37294 35913 29 264 36 262 38 256 35913 34479 20 246 39 261 36 251 34479 32989 19 238 36 262 35 249 32989 31428 18 241 31 244 36 251 31428 29786 22 247 32 246 34 254 29786 28064 24 244 28 256 28 258 28064 26262 23 238 24 258 28 257 26262 24383 22 242 22 251 25 260 24383 22432 23 243 24 245 23 262 22432 20402 24 235 16 238 23 252 20402 18288 18 224 8 266 15 236 18288 16143 14 208 10 267 9 243 16143 14081 12 209 10 259 10 280 14081 12203 8 233 8 263 13 301 12203 10529 5 274 2 291 10 280 10529 9038 6 305 3 253 7 250 9038 7716 7 285 6 246 9 257 7716 6548 9*233 10*233 10 250 6548 5517 11*222 10*227 10 231 5517 4607 12 219 10 222 11 219 4607 3800 12 216 10 218 10 209 3800 3077 11 213 9 215 10 200 3077 2437 11 211 9 212 10 193 2437 1902 11 209 9 210 10 187 1902 1491 10 208 9 209 9 182 1491 1209 10 208 8 207 8 179 1209 1037 9 207 8 207 7 176 1037 938 8 206 7 206 5*175 938 PARAMETER KEY: (basic parameter information is provided at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/basic_parameters.html) (more complete parameter descriptions are at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/RUC/INFO/parameters.html) (additional help is at http://www.drjack.info/BLIP/INFO/index.html, e.g. "For NEW USERS" section) --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Update Time = UTC Time of BLIPSPOT calculation FCST PERIOD = Hours from model initialization time Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] Hcrit = Height of Critical Updraft Strength [ftMSL] BL Top = Height of Boundary Layer Top (TI=0 height) [ftMSL] Hgt.Variab = Thermal Height Variability (difference between TI=+4{F} & TI=0 Heights) [ft] W* = Thermal Updraft Velocity (subtract glider sink rate to get vario) [fpm] B/S = Buoyancy/Shear Ratio (thermals may be unworkable if 5 or less) BL Wind = Wind Speed averaged through BL [kt] Direction = Wind Direction averaged through BL [degTrue] Max.Converg = Max. Vertical Velocity created by BL Convergence [x10^-2 kt] (note: BLIPMAPs provide better evaluation since convergence lines are usually mobile CLOUDpotent = Expect clouds at or above sfcLCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & sfcLCL) [ft] sfcLCL = Base of Lowest Clouds, if CLOUDpotent>0 (LCL = Lifting Condensation Level based upon sfc. humidity) [ftMSL] ODpotential = Expect extensive clouds at blCL if positive (difference between H(TI=0) & blCL) [ft] bLCL = Base of Extensive Clouds, if ODpotential>0 (bl CL = Condensation Level based upon BL humidity) [ftMSL] maxRH = Maximum Relative Humidity in BL [%] CAPE = Convective Available Potential Energy [J/kg] Temp@2m = Temperature at 2m AGL [F] DewPt@2m = Dew Point Temp. at 2m AGL [F] Temp@Bot = Temperature at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) DewPt@Bot = Dew Point Temp. at 16m AGL (bottom of grid) [F] (intended for DrJack's use) Sfc.Heating = Surface Heating of atmosphere [W/m^2] BL Depth = Depth of the Boundary (Mixing) Layer [ft] EXPERIMENT = Mystery variable for test purposes (intended for DrJack's use) * = Indicates BL Top (TI=0 Height) on profiles Note: printed heights are for 18Z - heights for other times differ slightly Results neglect thermals created by small-scale features not resolved by the smoothed model topography